Chapter 5 – Faceless God

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“Eei, can one really stay in house arrest like this!? What’s with
this riot!? What the hell is the current president of the Sword
Division’s student council doing!!”

Kanae who leaped outside from the student dormitory was yelling her lung out while making her small statured body hop around.

The surrounding students who were running about to escape stared in amazement looking at Kanae’s figure.

“Ka, kaichou…!”

“Not kaichou! Right now I’m just a Storm Cat. Call me Kana-nyan.”

“Ka, Kana-nyan…”

“Nya―☆ What is happening with this? Explain the situation.”

The female student that Kanae inquired explained as best as she could even while in a state of confusion.

“That, illegal magicians are come invading inside the ground,
here and there are destroyed by magic…their chanting speed are
staggering, their chanting are not stopping even when they are cut by
sword, it's uncontrollable….”

“Illegal magicians? Not the Magic Division? Unknown enemy…? Do
they have some connection with the person who tried to trap Nii-sama?
Oi, where are their location?”

The moment Kanae asked, “DON!” the sound of explosions and buildings crumbling down deafened their ears.

“…I don’t even need to ask, huh. Thank you, if I’m not mistaken…first year class two Iijima!”

“Y, you know my name!?”

“Be careful and escape okay! Nya―☆”

Leaving behind a strangely cute voice, Kanae dashed away.

“…Can I say that Kana-nyan-senpai is reliable? But she really does bring quiet a relief though.”

The student that was left behind mysteriously recovered her calm and whispered.

Kanae’s beloved Sword Division was destroyed into a mere shadow of its former self.

The school building that was made from wood was burned down by
magic, becoming a pitch black fire-devastated area. It seems the fire
was not spreading most likely because of Kohaku and her comrade using
the Battou Kaikon of the Sacred Treasures that possessed power over
water like [Murasame] and [Sukehiro] to work in extinguishing the fire.

Moreover the mist was enshrouding the height of the people just
right, concealing the figures of the escaping students. There was no
mistake that this unnatural mist was the smoke screen magic of mist that
was the specialty of Liz Liza-sensei.

But was she approaching the limit of her magic power, the mist was starting to thin out.

Kanae first thought whether she ought to rescue the students who
were collapsing in magic intoxication, but someone had already performed
the rescue inside the mist. Inside the mist that was already in the
process of clearing up, she couldn’t find a figure of casualty anywhere.

The worst situation was avoided due to the correct judgment.

And then Kanae discovered the figures of the enemies.

Ten silver-haired magicians covered in masks were forming a
column of a line to the side, they were advancing while pouring magic on
any noticeable humans.

Regarding that there was a group that was pouring attack using Sacred Treasures. It was Kohaku’s crew.

“But…that is not really a fight.”

Kanae whispered in bitter voice.

―Kohaku and the others' forte was really not effective against the enemy.

The strong point of Kohaku’s party that equipped the Sacred
Treasures was fast rotation of long-range attack. Its might was
decidedly inferior compared to Summoning Magic but, Battou Kaikon was
able to invoke magic without chanting spell.

Therefore Kohaku and her group would obstruct the opponent’s
spell chanting with swift attacks and overcame the resistance
one-sidedly, that’s how their tactic should be happening. But that kind
of tactic was not applying to the enemies in front of their eyes.

There were two miscalculations.

First, the cycle of the masked magicians' spell chanting were abnormally fast.

No, the speed of their spell chanting might not be actually that
fast. But from what Kanae saw, she had a hunch that those guys were
chanting four kinds of magic all at once. That was not a joke.

And then one more miscalculation, even when the masked magicians
got hit by Kohaku and the others’ attacks, their concentration toward
spell chanting were not cut off at all. Rather than saying their
concentration were uninterrupted, it looked like they didn’t think of
anything at all, an eerie sight.

As a result, Kohaku and her group were soaking the masked
magicians’ magic one after another. They couldn’t prevent the opponents’
chanting at all, that’s why if they were not a [swordsman that could
evade Summoning Magic] then they would not be able to fight at all. That
was the limit of relying on just the strength of the Sacred Treasure.

If it was not a fighter around the level of Kohaku, Kanae, or
Iori, then they wouldn’t be able to make a dent to this formidable
enemy.

“Move back! The only one who can become their opponent is only this one!!”

Finally Kohaku ordered her comrades to retreat with expression of
grief. She made a tragic judgment that her fighting alone was a better
way.

“Geez…what kind of pitiful face are you making, student council president!”

“Ka…Kanae-kaichou!?”

Kaane overtook Kohaku who was exercising long-range attack, approaching the masked magicians like a gale.

“The president is you! I am Kana-nyan!! Nya―a!!”

Kanae evaded all the magic that came flying with paper-thin
distance, then she started hacking to pieces with her two katana like
she was dancing.

“Kaichou…no, Kana-nyan-senpai!”

Kohaku helplessly accepted the weird given name and yelled.

“Please be careful! Those guys magic power are unusually massive,
no matter how many times Kana-nyan-senpai keep cutting with those small
katana it won’t make any damage…!”

“I know!” Kanae yelled back.

“The thing that we should do is to buy time! Until Nii-sama and
Otonashi Kaguya comes…we have to hold back the damage to the Sword
Division as low as possible!”

When they leaped out of the underground hurriedly, the grounds of
the Magic Division was enveloped in a strange silence. As though all
students were finished taking refuge….

From the other side in the Sword Division, sounds of buildings
being destroyed and the stir the escaping people made could be heard.

“Don’t tell me…the Magic Division left the Sword Division alone
and is taking refuge!? Even though those Quad-core Magica are not an
opponent that could be defeated without the whole students of the Magic
Division grouping up!!”

Mio raised her voice as if she couldn’t believe it.

“…This is the work of Naiara-whatchallit-pu. That guy probably
returned to the appearance of Headmaster Otonashi and put out an
instruction for the students of the Magic Division to take refuge.”

Using the appearance of Headmaster Otonashi to control the
nucleus of the Magic Division, what a Diva that likes to maneuver
secretly.

There was no doubt that the one who tricked him into all those false crimes was that guy.

That jet black Naiara-whatchallit-pu…!

“Kazuki…it’s Naiaratoteph.”

Koyuki gave a tsukkomi toward Kazuki calmly.

“Anyway let’s hurry!”

Kazuki and the others ran to the direction of the sounds. Vast magic power was blowing violently like a storm.

When they leaped over the pitch-black burned down area of the
carbonized wooden school building and finally arrived at the
battlefield, over there was Kanae and Kohaku who were fighting as the
opponents of the ten Quad-core Magica.

Especially Kohaku who was markedly damaged from the magic that she couldn’t dodge.

The moment Kazuki and the others finally came, the shrouding mist cleared up completely.

“Kanae! Kohaku! Are you guys okay!?”

“Kazuki! So you return from the underground safely!”

“Nii-sama!?”

Kohaku and Kanae were both turning around to his direction.

Kanae’s cheeks flushed in the blink of eye, her eyes started to glitter like a shining star.

“Ni – i – sa – ma~~!! ♥♥♥!! Meeting Nii-sama after so long, Kanae
with the force of a cat at full speed is nya nya nya nya14:59, July 1, 2015 (UTC)n!!”

While screaming, Kanae dashed fiercely to Kazuki with a force that left behind afterimages.

“Fast!? Even compared to that time…!” Kohaku shuddered after seeing that speed.

“Nii-sama Nii-sama Nii-sama~!! Pleaseee give me a kiss of reunion!!”

Kanae came hugging him with the force of a tackle.

“Idiot, what are you doing in the middle of battle!”

Kazuki stretched apart Kanae’s mochi-like cheeks with a ‘GUII~’[1].

“Funyaaaaaaa!” Kanae raised a shriek happily.

At that time a huge ball of fire came flying.

“…Look out!”

Kazuki held Kanae in a princess-carry and leaped to the side.

“The long awaited Nii-sama’s princess carry! Kanae…has no regret already even if I die nyan…”

“Cut it out!”

As expected Kazuki raised his voice and scolded Kanae. This was completely not the situation to joke around.

“Everyone, let’s form the Heaven and Earth Formation! Me, Kanae,
and Kohaku will cut into them! I will become the shield as best as
possible, everyone else will attack with magic from behind!”

“Understood!” “Okay desu!” “I understand.”

Mio, Lotte, and Koyuki began chanting spell at the same time.

While Kazuki sensed the torrent of magic power at his back, he plunged into the column of the Quad-core Magica.

He had to draw the magic at him as best as he could!

“O will of the god of the whirling sky! Assemble in my hand, lend
me the authority of judgment! O radiance of the divine right of the
King, become a dazzling brilliance bow drawn to its limit! Thunder God BowLightning Line!”

A dignified voice was audible from somewhere―several streak of lightning pierced the Quad-core Magica.

This magic is…!

“Hoshikaze-senpai!”

“Hayashizaki-kun! …Did you find it, the clue?”

Hoshikazi-senpai slipped through the rain of magic with lightning
speed utilizing Ride Lightning, rushing over to Kazuki’s side. This
person's battle power was first rank as expected.

“…Yes! Sorry to make you worry.”

Without asking for the particulars, Hoshikaze-senpai smiled and said “Is that so” with just that.

“This, I’m returning it.”

The item she handed over was Kazuki’s beloved katana, Doufuu.
After handing over the katana, senpai carried a different katana that
she used at the time of practicing with Kazuki.

“…What in the world are those enemies?” Senpai inquired.

“Those are, artificially strengthened magicians that had been
experimented on. Their personality had been destroyed, there is no way
to save them anymore than to defeat them.”

Hoshikaze-senpai’s expression darkened. Senpai was a kind person
after all. But in this situation there was nothing more they could do.

“Understood. So there is no other way than to fight, right?”

When Kazuki nodded, Hoshikaze-senpai negated her pained
expression and chanted the magic “Storm Fort!”. The Quad-core Magica
launched their magic over here but all of it were sent flying by the
storm. If they attacked based on compatible element, the wind would
probably be pierced, but as the compensation of having their personality
abolished, they didn’t have that much intelligence left.

Inside that wind…Hoshikaze-senpai kneaded up an enormous magic power!

“Know the rage of the god with this thunderous roar of the sacred
flame! Every howl of the sky reside in this hand, bring down the hammer
and break the world! One blow to destroy the world! Sky Drum Pressing Lightning HammerYagrush!!”

The wind ceased. In the hand of Hoshikaze-senpai, a large hammer was gripped tightly.

That was…Baal’s level 8! A distant height magic that Kazuki and others still couldn’t chant!

When Hoshikaze-senpai held that hammer aloft to the sky, it raised a boisterous noise and dark clouds covered the sky.

Hoshikaze-senpai ran, not to the whole group of the Quad-core
Magica itself, but to the middle point between two Quad-core Magica.
Over there, she raised the large hammer overhead.

“I will end this painlessly at the very least…!!”

Along with a yell of fighting spirit, she swung down the hammer at the point where there was nobody.

At that moment, countless flashes of lightning that blinded the eyes poured down from the dark clouds in the sky.

Raging sound of lightning reverberated, all of the world was shaking loosely with the thunderous roar and earthquake!

Nothing could be seen from the light and the cloud of dust―when
all of those cleared up, a huge crater was formed at the point where
Hoshikaze-senpai hammered the ground, the two Quad-core Magica that were
located at the both side of the point exhausted all of their defensive
magic power and collapsed. Those two elves both together with just one
hit was…

“Nii-sama…that person, she tried to smash Torazou with that at the inter-division match, right?”

Kanae whispered while drawing back.

…Let’s absolutely not make Hoshikaze-senpai mad shall we.

“Let’s get going rapidly!”

Hoshikaze-senpai began to chant her next magic. Even while
chanting she ran around with lightning speed, hitting ceaselessly with
the Lighning Line, she couldn’t be targeted by the opponents' magic.

“…Kenki Tensei! Thy name is…Ooishi Susumu! Go!”

Even more phantom dashed into the battlefield holding a long katana in his hand.

“Thy name is…Otani Nobutomo! Go!”

One more phantom ran at full speed holding a wooden sword.

“Thy name is…Shimada Toranosuke! Go!”

The owner of the voice was Kazuha-senpai. The same when she was
fighting Kazuki, it seems the limit of the phantoms this magic could
summon were three bodies. Right now the three master swordsmen that were
summoned to this place were master fencer in Bakumatsu era.

“Mikohime-sama!? …You can’t, senpai mustn’t use magic in the place where people are watching!!”

Kohaku raised a voice tinged with a shriek.

“Don’t say stupid things! Even though that shameless man over
there is also fighting, there is no way I could just sit quietly in this
emergency situation!!”

“GUWAHHAHHA! Kazuha, looks like this battle is not a place you
can joke around, you mustn’t try to do close-quarter combat, you
understand!!”

At Kazuha-senpai’s side, Futsunushi no Kami’s avatar who was in the role of overseer was floating.

“Uuu…I know! Don’t laugh! Tenkuu Battou Rengehou!!”

Rain of Sacred Treasures poured incessantly to the Quad-core
Magica who just stood stock still like scarecrows because of their lack
of war instinct.

At that interval, Mio and Lotte and Koyuki fired their magic too.

The trend was determined. The battlefield was blanketed with blue
light of magic power, displaying the damage of the Quad-core Magica.

Even though they were Quad-core Magica, but they were defeated one after another.

Kanae and Kohaku were no longer needed to act as the vanguard, they watched over the situation attentively.

“That is Nii-sama’s Heaven and Earth Formation, Kohaku.”

“…”

At the side of the proudly looking Kanae, Kohaku kept silent with expression as if she was chewing a bitter bug.

Kazuki looked at those two with a sidelong glance, he once again
thought curiously about what was going on between the two of them.

But that was for another time…with all these comrades, they could stop the Quad-core Magica!!

Headmaster Otonashi lowered his head respectfully to the three Einherjar that appeared at the staff room.

“…The battlefield is waiting for me you know?”

Beatrix floated a smile with broad grin. Those cheeks were blushing like a maiden in love.

“Beatrix~, do you really need all three of us heree~. For this kind of school you seee~”

The small statured girl called Damian talked while showing a ridicule on her face.

The magic power of females were higher compared to males, in the
current era where many females were far better at battle prowess than
male, the number of females that were named with male name were not few.

“Three people are still not really enough you know, Damian. After all our opponent is a BasileusKing. Actually we should bring not only three but come here with even more numbers but, since this is a sudden request.”

“For the captain to lose…maybe there is some mistake.”

Eleonora who was a lady with tall stature body that was long, slender, and well proportioned, whispered expressionlessly.

“This me without doubt had lost, Erii. If the one that beat me is
just a normal student then my stock will fall sharply. I guarantee that
boy is not just a normal opponent.”

“I’ll buy it~, that free-falling stock, I’m going to buy it for sure~. And then I will be promoted to captain.”

Damian raised a laughing voice ‘kekeke’. Her tone was vulgar but she had a high-pitched voice like a child.

A confused atmosphere flowed in the staff room because of the three visitors.

“Fathe…Headmaster.”

Kaguya who was in standby in that place cut into the conversation.

“The report that the attack had already been resolved should have come in already, shouldn’t it?”

The report that the situation had been resolved with the unknown
enemies exterminated to the last had already come to the staff room.
However Headmaster Otonashi shook his head.

“What are you saying? These girls came to capture the illegal magician and Charlotte.”

The illegal magician being talked here was referring to the matter of Hayashizaki Kazuki.

“Oi, how about making that Ojou-chan help too huh~. …Or rather
that Ojou-chan is quite strong right? I can feel her presence is not
normal ze~”

Damian poured her sight to Kaguya, Headmaster Otonashi nodded his head toward her question.

“Of course, Damian-sama. Kaguya…you understand.”

After being made sure by Headmaster Otonashi, Kaguya felt like her head was lolling.

Along with the haziness from the lolling in her head, her own emotion felt like it was going far away….

“…Yes.” Kaguya replied with her emotion very far apart from her.

“Yosh, me and <Damian of Sword>, <Eleonora of Shield>
will stand as the vanguard. The daughter of Headmaster Otonashi will
provide support from the rear guard. I’ve heard that you are not just an
average student, I have expectation on you, okay. Rather I want to try
to fight you or so, fufufu!”

Beatrix unintentionally leaked out a laugh like a kid waiting for her treasured holiday.

No matter how high their magic power were, to not defend or dodge at
all were the fatal weak points of the Quad-core Magica. Rather it could
even be seen as their wish to be completely liberated that they accepted
all the attacks.

After Kazuki and his party held the initiative, the Quad-core Magica were defeated one after another.

Kazuki brushed aside the cheek of his childhood friend and
step-sister who used every chances to try to have skinships with serious
expression. “Munyu” “Funya” Both of them leaked out a voice free from
all worry.

Kazuki sensed the magic power that came approaching them.

That was a magic power he was familiar with.

“You solved this wonderfully. You haven’t used up all your
strength against the small fishes in the opening performance right,
lad.”

A voice that reminded one of steel even though it was of a female, could be heard.

From the opposite side of the school building wreckage and sand
dust that told the after-story of a fierce battle, a familiar woman in
armor appeared.

…Einherjar! So these guys finally came in this kind of timing!

“I missed you so lad…no, Kazuki! How about we meet our affection blade to blade again!!”

“Beatrix!”

At both her side, two more armored soldier were waiting.

“Da-mia-n hee-re. Nice to meet you.”

A short girl, an Einherjar with appearance and voice that looked
and sounded like a cheeky child introduced herself with the middle
finger of both her hands pointed up.

“Is there any need to introduce oneself to the opponent that we will fight after this? …Eleonora. Best regards.”

One more person. The tall statured Einherjar continued with her
self-introduction. She was a female with gentle eyes but, she was not
supposed to be an average magician.

There was no mistake that these girls were called here by Headmaster Otonashi― Naiarlatoteph.

Kazuki realized all of Naiarlatoteph’s contrivance. After dealing
with Kazuki and Lotte in this place, there was no doubt that he plans
to blame the turmoil the Quad-core Magica caused as the work of [the
unknown Diva Hayashiki Kazuki was contracted with].

In the rear of the Einherjar, Kaguya-senpai was also waiting in standby.

“Kaguya! …You understand that this situation is suspicious right!? Even so you still plan to stand at that side!?”

Hoshikaze-senpai shouted.

“I am...Otouto-kun have to…”

Kaguya-senpai who was wrapped in her Magic Dress casted her eyes down with a mournful face.

“Hayashizaki-kun’s case might be over with just transferring to
the Sword Division but, Lotte won’t be able to escape with this
situation you know!?”

Hoshikaze-senpai raised her voice to try to persuade
Kaguya-senpai. Hoshikaze-senpai was still in the wrong impression that
Kazuki would end up transferring to the Sword Division. However even if
that would happen, Lotte’s life was still in serious threat.

In the previous fight, Kaguya-senpai was still fighting with her
own will. But the script Kaguya-senpai assumed at that time had already
changed into something impossible to realize. If the situation kept like
this then Lotte’s life absolutely won’t be able to be saved anymore.

Kaguya-senpai distorted her expression from getting stuck in the dilemma between her sense of responsibility and emotion.

“Don’t listen to them. You understand, Kaguya. You as the
strongest magician, just enjoy fighting the strongest magic swordsman.”

In Kaguya-senpai’s side, Headmaster Otonashi whispered to Kaguya-senpai. Magic power was generated from that whisper.

“Accept this as you are…Oracle of EcstasySanity Down!”

Naiarlatoteph’s characteristic magic!?

At that instant, from the eyes of Kaguya-senpai―the color of emotion vanished.

The one who noticed this magic phenomenon was only Kazuki who
reinforced his senses. Beatrix’s group didn’t even turn back to the
situation behind them.

“I am…the strongest magician, so…I have to do this!”

Kaguya-senpai said so expressionlessly.

What were left inside Kaguya-senpai right now was just the logic
and responsibility that Headmaster Otonashi planted, and then―the
craving of her own self somewhere in her heart, nothing but to fight a
stronger person.

…Nothing else could be done other than to fight senpai!

Senpai’s heart had been already chained by that evil god long before she met me.

I will defeat senpai, and liberate her from that evil god!

Kazuki glared at the enemy alertly while calling out his [comrades] at his back.

“…Everyone, if it us then we can win! Those Einherjar are not a
big deal. After all the strongest class from the Magic Division and the
Sword Division had also gathered in this side.”

In front of the mighty enemy called Einherjar, Kazuki encouraged his withering comrades.

“Kanae, cooperate with Kohaku and stop Beatrix in the middle. Her
physical strength and reflexes are reinforced. The only one who can
dodge her attack is only you of Hayashizaki-syle.”

Kazuki glanced back to the back and handed over Raikiri to Kanae.

“If that girl is covering her sword with lightning, use this Sacred Treasure.”

In pure skill of Kenjutsu, Kanae was equal with Kazuki. She
should be able to buy time against Beatrix as her opponent if she
received magic support.

“Understood, Nii-sama.”

“Mio, you are going to attack from behind with magic. …Barrett
could be blocked by the shield. However Mio is supposed to always
continue growing.”

Only by saying that, Mio understood everything Kazuki wanted to say and nodded.

“…That’s only natural. Don’t look down on a rank A.”

Whether Kanae could stop Beatrix or not depended on Mio’s support.

This time Kazuki was talking to Hoshikaze-senpai.

“The one most reliable among us is senpai. The Einherjar are
all-purpose Magica Stigma who can even perform close-quarter combat
skillfully, but if it is senpai who can use Ride Lightning then senpai
should be able to exchange swords with them.”

“Okay, leave it to me! After all I’m a senior as your friend. It’s okay to rely on me as much as you like!”

Hoshikaze-senpai replied back happily. That brightness of her gave some encouragement to Kazuki.

“Koyuki…Koyuki is not alone anymore. Not fighting as solo, but cooperate with your comrade and fight.”

When he looked over his shoulder with a glance, Koyuki made a meek face from Kazuki’s words.

“…To trust other people than Kazuki, it’s scary.”

Kazuki felt happy from those words, but he shook his head.

“Even more than alone, you can be far stronger by cooperating with everyone. Absolutely. You won’t be betrayed by anyone here.”

Koyuki nodded deeply.

“Lotte will take the role of search-and-destroy using your level 5 magic, aim for those who try to chant high level magic.”

“Okay desu!”

“For Kazuha-senpai…sorry to drag you into this…”

“Hn, even I can read the general mood. You were falsely accused
by those guys, right? I can’t tolerate shameless guys but, against
cowardly guys, I also hate them.”

“Kazuha-senpai needs to avoid close-quarter combat as much as
possible, please support the comrade who is in a pinch from the rear.”

“Youu…I don’t want to accept the instruction of someone like you but…I will recognize that instruction as right!!”

At the end of his line of sight, Beatrix was sending a heated
gaze eagerly, but Kazuki ignored that and stared at Kaguya-senpai
directly.

“I will fight Kaguya-senpai.”

There was nothing that could be done if magic came flying from
Kaguya-senpai in the rear with vanguards as powerful as the Einherjar.
Someone has to hold back the magic of Kaguya-senpai.

{Aren’t you behaving more like a king here?}

Inside his head Leme was coming to talk.

There was no intention like that. …It’s only that he wanted to liberate Kaguya-senpai with his own hands!

Kazuki resolved himself, he faced the enemy and took a step. That was the trigger of the battle.

“Fufufu! This is the continuation from the fight before, Kazuki!!
…I will do a good fight, welcoming a good death, wishing to participate
in even more fight in the heaven! The divine protection of color of the
blood in my pupils! Berserk!!”

“…There is no free time to accompany you! Stop the step of the
hated enemy, hasten the step of the chosen person…. O divine protection
of mermaid, grant me the blade to dance on top of the ice! Moves in the
Field!”

While Kazuki ran to the enemy formation, he activated the magic he became able to use from his bond with Koyuki.

The surface of the battlefield was frozen in a blink of eye. It
was a magic that exhibited heavy effect to the Einherjar whose core was
close-quarter combat.

Beatrix’s feet slipped on the ice surface―there Kazuki
accelerated and slipped through from the side using ice-skating boots.
Beatrix saw off Kazuki’s back in astonished expression.

Keeping that momentum, Kazuki went to slash Kaguya-senpai.

“What the…is this the taste of unrequited love…? Fufufu, so even I have some maiden heart left inside.”

“Beatrix-taichou[2], you are a little odd zee!?”

Damian entered a tsukkomi to Beatrix who said an incomprehensible thing.

“…We act in accordance of Hodur’s wish, I entrust my body to the
exaltation of battle! The war fire of violent emotion running in the fat
and blood on my sword!! Merit of the SlaughtererStories Flame!”

Damian drew out her sword and invoked her magic. The sword in her hand was enveloped with fierce fire.

“It’s sooo depressing! Melt all of this!!”

Damian stabbed the sword of flame into the ground. Thereupon, the
flame residing in the sword was transmitted in a wave motion, the
frozen surface of the ground was melted in the time it took to say ‘ah’.

“Good job, Damian! With this I can chase Kazuki!!”

Beatrix’s eyes that were full with obsession chased Kazuki’s back.

―At that time, the shadow of a black cat had already drew close to Beatrix.

“I won’t let you get close to Nii-sama! This damn stalker!!”

Kanae poured on slashes of kodachi to Beatrix.

Beatrix avoided all of those with superhuman reflexes.

“Fufufu…I wonder if I should make a greeting to his family first! Glad to meet you and please take care of me!!”

After the offense and defense in the place of the greeting ended, Kanae and Beatrix squared against each other.

There Damian attempted to provide assistance. But a streak of
lightning came flying as if to held her back. Hoshikaze Hikaru was
setting up a bow of lighting and aimed at Damian.

“I won’t let you be a hindrance to Kanae-san. I will pin you down by myself.”

“HeeeClasse! An immature ass of a student dare to say such a cheeky line! I’ll make that pretty face messed uppppppp!”

Damian headed to Hikaru while brandishing her flame sword.

Damian had gone from that place. Kanae and Beatrix clashed
against each other. Kanae evaded Beatrix’s attack lightly and loosely
then she counter-attacked with her kodachi. Beatrix dodged the kodachi
again with her superhuman reflexes.

“You are even faster than Kazuki huh! But I’m going to accelerate
even more you know!? O divine protection of military man, double the divine powerMegin whirling in my body! Dashing to endless fight as the will of the god, in this body! …Megingjord!”

A glittering light was raining down from the sky heading to
Beatrix, Beatrix’s whole body carried on even more strength. Even
faster, even stronger, she came swinging her sword to Kanae.

Kanae crossed both her kodachi and blocked the strong sword coming down.

“Hayashizaki-style two-swords art, Wind God’s Instant Positioning!”

Before Kanae was outpushed by Beatrix’s strength, she twisted the
crossed kodachi suddenly and forcefully. Rotating her body, she
redirected Beatrix’s sword to the wrong direction.

Beatrix’s posture was broken. Kanae turned in a circle like a
spinning top and visited Beatrix a slash after a full rotation. With her
reinforced body balance, Beatrix righted her disordered stance
forcefully and dodged Kanae’s kodachi. However her movement was a
dodging technique of heavy work, it caused unnaturalness in her stance.

“Now, Kohaku!” Kanae yelled.

Not letting Beatrix’s gap get away, Kohaku came charging.

“This guy’s weapon is reflexes! Use that Sacred Treasure the moment I did it!!”

Toward that hint Kanae provided, Kohaku immediately responded.

From the seven Sacred Treasures she owned, Kohaku drew the one for the use of close-quarter combat from her hip.

“I will redirect this guy’s strength and created an opportunity! Match your breath with me!”

“…Yes! Kana-nyan-senpai!”

Recognizing the strength of these two, Beatrix’s expression did a complete change.

―They can’t be make light of. These guys are master hands that can’t be killed instantly.

Thereupon, the summoning magic that was aimed at her right at
this moment was becoming a problem. Concentrating only at the swordsmen
would land you through bitter experience, this was the tactic of Japan’s
Knight Order that was called [Heaven and Earth Formation].

Beatrix had already comprehended that tactic.

Right, she already understood the tactic. …Like who it was that she need to target first.

Beatrix’s eyes sipped away from Kanae and Kohaku, and caught the sight of Mio.

This flame magician, as long as she had this flame protection
shield, <Svalinn>, then she was an opponent of little importance.

First she would deal with that girl!

“You see, I’m not someone foolhardy to the point that I will go
nuts to fight only the opponent in front of my eyes…I’m going to ignore
you bastards! First is you!”

Beatrix ignored Kanae and Kohaku and dashed to Mio like a meteor.
She shook off Kanae and Kohaku in one breath. They couldn’t pursue
Beatrix in pure speed.

As for Mio, she faced Beatrix with determination.

I’m waiting for you to do that, that was what Mio whispered inside her mouth.

…This guy was thinking of me as a drag. She knew that I’m someone
that couldn’t do anything if she managed to get near. She was thinking
that I had no way to do anything as long as she had that flame shield.

This guy's current action, I don’t need to be Kazuki to Foresight what she is going to do.

That was why Mio didn’t chant any superfluous magic, she was
chanting the greatest magic she could chant and waiting in preparation
for the moment Beatrix was heading to her.

“Just try to defend this with your shield if you really can defend it…!”

In front of a formidable enemy, Mio floated a smile that would make one shudder.

Just like what Lotte said, I am someone who can display my brightness against a formidable enemy!

The straight line distance that was connecting Mio and Beatrix
was ran through by Beatrix in just an instant. Beforehand, Mio had
already prepared a trap at the distance of that straight line.

Moving the oxygen using Psychokinesis, she heightened the concentration of oxygen at the zone of that straight line.

On top of which―she fired!

“O bird of paradise where the light of the heaven is residing in
that body, answer my accusation and reduce to ashes the sin on the
earth! Israel Judgment!!”

Heat ray was fired right from the front of the charging Beatrix.

The quality of the magic was different from Barrett. The beam was flying with the speed of light.

Against that, even with Beatrix’s reflexes it was impossible to defend with a shield.

What was going on at this moment was something that was impossible to comprehend for Beatrix.

Beatrix who was inside the highly concentrated oxygen that had a
highly combustible property was fired with an ultra-heat laser. The
oxygen was bursting out all at once in a raging flame explosion!

It was a level 6 magic even at the best of time but, with the
application of common magic Mio used however, that magic could be
bragged to fire a destructive power equal to magic in the level 7 or 8.

Due to the tremendous impact of her smashed magic, Beatrix was
blown away to a far distance and crashed into the wreckage of the school
building.

While getting buried in the wreckage, Beatrix directed an expression as if to said that she couldn’t believe it to Mio.

Seeing that expression, Mio drowned out her inferiority complex and puffed her chest haughtily.

“Fufun. Because Kazu-nii had already said that the guy who
challenge the same opponent in the same way as in the previous fight is
an idiot! That brain tissue of yours, it is made from muscle isn’t it?”

Hoshikaze Hikaru was challenging Damian into an one-to-one fight.

“The destiny of all creation are inside the great celestial
sphere…O binding of the constellation, suspend the motion of the sky! Star Gauze Sky PrisonHoroscope Stasis!”

Hikaru was chanting her magic, countless stars were floating
around Damian’s body. In the space between the stars, lines were running
like a constellation, the lines of light restrained Damian into
immobility.

This restraint magic that can even seal dragons couldn’t be escaped using human’s physical strength.

“Annoyiiiiing! We are Hodur’s, negate all obstacles toward the
sacred battle and distribute the divine protection of Norn to us! Belt of Victory of the Three GoddessNorngjord!”

Damian’s body was wrapped in flaring strong light, right at that moment the lines of light disappeared.

Right now she didn’t break the restraint with brute force. The opponent was chanting a purge magic.

―If Hikaru doesn’t make any strange mistake then you are about as strong as me you know?

While Hikaru remembered some words Kaguya had said to her once,
she decided to progress the battle calmly. She tended to lose her
temper, however if she fought calmly then she should be able to compete
against this tough enemy.

And then I will take back Kaguya together with Hayashizaki-kun!

“Lightning Line!”

Hikaru fired the Summoning Magic she chanted while Damian was restrained to her direction.

“GAA!”

Damian leaked out a scream, she was taken aback by the impact of the smashed magic.

“You shitty bastaard! …Blessing of immortality slipped through
this hand O mistletoe of disaster, malice and misunderstanding is
received in the tail and feathers, shooting to death the son of god! Bow of MistletoeMistilteinn!”

Bow and arrow was created in Damian’s both hands, quickly she fired the arrow.

Mistilteinn―the bow and arrow of mistletoe that pierced the son of god Baldur in the Norse Mythology.

The Diva that Damian was a believer for was the blind god, Hodur.
In the Norse Mythology, holding the bow and arrow and the magic sword
of mistletoe in hand he was the Diva that would unroll the fight of
destiny with Baldur.

Something like bow and arrow was a projectile weapon that was
supposed to be blown away by wind. Despite the attribute superiority
that was supposed to be there, this arrow slipped through the defensive
magic and came flying. Probably, this bow and arrow possessed the power
to make every defense powerless. Identical with the legend where it shot
Baldur to death.

Hikaru judged that challenging her in close-quarter combat was a good plan and she stepped forward.

At the same time Damian was also selecting for close-quarter combat.

“Ride Lightning!”

“Stories Flame!”

Hikaru and Damian were invoking magic for close-quarter combat use at the same time.

Using the super high-speed kenjutsu she learned from Kazuki, Hikaru slashed Damian without permitting any defense or evasion.

Damian swung the western sword that was clad in flame of karma.
Hikaru dodged it with the use of skillful agility, but she couldn’t
dodge everything repeatedly and received a large damage from the hit she
got.

The offense and defense of Hikaru that shredded minutely small
damages and Damian that inflicted large damage in one shot, if it was
seen comprehensively they were even.

Hikaru thought―she had confidence in her concentration toward
spells. It seemed the opponent couldn’t chant in this exchange. I’m
going to chant a high level magic during these exchanges of slashes and
decide the victory and defeat right away!

Damian thought―this son of a bitch, is she thinking that she is
even with me? Waving around her sword desperately like a stupid idiot,
while this side was already chanting high level magic during the fight,
I’m going to make you know your place!

And then during the exchange of close-quarter combat, both of them invoked magic at the same time.

“Know the rage of god with this sacred flame’s thunderous roar!
All the howl of the sky reside in this hand, bring down the world
destroying hammer! Break the world with one attack! Yagrush!!”

“The sword clutched in this hand turn the blessing into curse of
malice! While wishing for the rebirth in time, this hand sever the son
of god’s immortal thread of life! Annihilation Divine SwordMistilteinn II!”

The aria of both of them were Sacred Treasures creation magic.

Both of them opened their eyes wide in astonishment and surprise.
And then they thought of the same thing―simultaneous strike is bad! If I
got hit with that magic power, I’m going to be sorry!

Weapon and weapon clashed, the fight entered into a contest of strength.

Both of the weapons clashed against each other like they were drawing in their opponent.

What Hikaru held in her hand was the hammer of lightning that the
highest god of ancient Phoenicia, Baal held in his left hand. The name
of Baal represented the sound of lightning, this weapon could be said to
be the synonym of Baal.

What Damian held in her hand was the magic sword of instant death
that could murder even god. Mistilteinn that severed the life of Baldur
was told in legend as bow and arrow and also as a cursed magic sword.

Colossal lightning was converging in the striking part of
Hikaru’s large hammer, Damian’s large sword was clad in black aura like a
dark cloud, devouring that lightning greedily and extinguishing it.

Lightning and curse were negating each other―hammer and sword were using up their strength to the end and vanished together.

…It’s a draw!

Both of them took a distance simultaneously, they set up their original weapon respectively again.

“Strong! As expected of Einherjar!”

“You bastaaaard, what the hell are you doing giving a praise so
haughtily while looking down at me! You think you are equal with this
me!? Shit Scheiße! Stop bullshitting me Scheiße! I’ll fucking kill you Scheiße!”

They are even but, it was fine even if the victory or defeat
hadn’t been decided yet. Her objective was to wait for Hayashizaki-kun
to liberate Kaguya. …With that point of thought, Hikaru had far more
leeway compared to Damian.

Beatrix and Damian were able to be shut out skillfully.

The remaining problem was the Einherjar called Eleonora.

“Soaring wings, glaring eyes, invading word-destroying
conflagration―manifest the authority of the god right here, as the agent
of the civilization charge ahead deeper and deeper! Deep Invasion ArmamentDeep Striker!!”

Lotte invoked Prometheus’s level 5 magic.

The armament this magic summoned covered Lotte’s shoulders until
her back completely, a multi-purpose large-type thruster system. It was
installed with arms container and enemy searching unit.

Search-and-Destroy mission―the special role she received from
Kazuki that was neither vanguard or rearguard, Lotte thought of it
proudly.

Lotte equipped the enemy searching unit on her head. Across the
goggle, the magic power swirling in the battlefield was visualized and
displayed.

Her role was to sense the enemy who attempted to chant high level magic like Mjollnir and ran a disturbance.

Using the enemy searching unit she observed the magic power, the
state of the enemy from the sky, and choose the person that was kneading
huge amount of magic power to attack. That was what Kazuki requested
from her, [Search-and Destroy Mission].

Lotte was glaring at the battlefield from the sky.

Beatrix was in the state where she couldn’t produce large magic power thanks to Kanae and Mio’s great efforts.

Damian brought forth a huge magic power, but Hoshikaze-senpai
also produce the magic power equal with her opponent, it was an even
battle. The target was not these two.

Lotte directed her caution to the remaining sole Einherhar, Eleonora.

―At the surface Koyuki was confronting Eleonora.

“We are Ægir‘s, lend me the fear of the unknown bottom of the ocean! The raging waves toying the small people, to me…. The Sea That Reflects the Light of the SkyHiminglæva!”

“O water surface that sway from my singing voice, manipulate the
small wave and gathered them into large tsunami! Coming from beyond and
washed away to far away…Tidal Wave!”

The Diva that Eleonora was a believer of was the sea god of the Norse Mythology, Ægir.

Koyuki too simultaneously drew out the power of the sea.

Eleonora and Koyuki both summoned enormous sea waters. Both of
them controlled the sea waters and crashed the tsunami against each
other. Tsunami and tsunami were colliding and smashed against each other
violently.

At the same time with that Koyuki was chanting her spell.

“Glacier Wind!”

“Tenkuu Battou Rengehou!!”

Not only Koyuki, matching her, Kazuha was also raining down countless Sacred Treasures.

“Highly Surging WaveHefring!”

When Eleonora gave that command, the sea water Eleonora summoned
was manipulated according to her will, becoming a gigantic wall. It
obstructed Koyuki’s chilly wind, freezing the surface of the ocean water
but it didn’t reach Eleonora.

The Sacred Treasures that Kazuha summoned were caught up in the sea water too and their momentum were killed.

“Striking WaveUnnr!”

When Eleonora commanded it, the lump of sea water was torn off to pieces and turned into water bullets flying at Koyuki.

“O rejection of absolute zero, protect my body and become the armor of isolation! Water Chamber BarrierFreeze Barrier!”

Koyuki immediately froze all the bullets using defensive magic, making them ineffective.

“…Unnr!”

Eleonora’s offense was not stopping at just once. The water bullets were coming consecutively.

Koyuki couldn’t make it in time with her defensive magic at that
moment. At that time, the phantoms of the swordsmen that Kazuha summoned
covered Koyuki and were exterminated. …She was helped by her comrade!

It was impossible for Koyuki to not recognize the excellent skill the opponent had in manipulating sea.

However, Kazuki said to her to not fight solo. There was no need
to harbor any sense of defeat. It was fine to cooperate with this senpai
from the Sword Division called Kazuha to defeat this enemy.

While Eleonora was protected by a body of sea water that could made offense and defense, she began to chant high level spell.

“When the opponent’s sea got hit it was scattered, we are going to shave it all! Let’s speed up our attack!”

Koyuki lined her soldier with Kazuha and called out.

“I know even if you don’t say it!”

Kazuha too was creating Sacred Treasures one after another and
rained them down. However even with the two of them they couldn’t break
Eleonora’s wall of sea. If it kept like this then the she would finish
chanting the high level magic first.

―The flying Lotte decided her target of attack at that moment.

“Blitzkrieg!”

Using Prometheus’s level 4 magic, Lotte equipped a lance on her left hand.

To further support the impact of the charge, the thruster system’s
weapon container was opening, a machine arm was fixed on Lotte’s left
arm.

With the lance positioned firmly, the thruster unit spouted up
fire with its energy in full throttle. Lotte swooped down while her body
was receiving that fierce acceleration. Exceeding mach speed, Lotte’s
defensive magic power was removing the air resistance. Not even noticing
such trivial thing, she changed into an enormous meteorite.

“Prometheus…Blitzkrieg tacticsBlitzkrieg!”

Eleonora noticed it and looked up to the sky. And then when the
approaching enormous weapon entered her eyes, she became lost for words.

Aiming for a part of the sea wall that Koyuki and Kazuha’s magic
whittled off and became thinner, Lotte’s spear pierced through. While
the heat of the electricity evaporated the sea, the super accelerated
enormous mass smashed down the barrier of sea water in one attack. Even
after piercing through everything, Lotte’s charge didn’t lose its
momentum. The violent lance charge blew away Eleonora to the wreckage of
the school building a few dozens meters away.

“Mission complete desu!”

Eleonora was crashing into the rubble, when she sensed that the
spell Eleonora chanted was breaking, the shortstop Lotte left behind a
happy voice and withdrew back to the sky.

“Kaguya-senpai, please return back to your sanity!”

“Sanity? I am sane though.”

Toward Kazuki’s shouts, a flat voice like a plastic came back.

…It’s no good. Headmaster Otonashi was also like this but, the
human’s mind that Naiarlatoteph made abnormal with his magic didn’t have
any symptom of self-awareness at all.

The Kaguya-senpai that he dearly missed was so coldhearted like a completely different person.

Kazuki made up his resolution to fight, preparing his katana her ran ahead.

Right now in this situation it was fine even if he ignored
Nairlatoteph. In front of German’s Einherjar, the guy was supposed to be
unable to reveal his true color.

Those Einherjar were pinned down by his comrade.

No one was obstructing him, he could confront Kaguya-senpai alone.

“O shapeless mute shadow, become a fish swimming in the darkness
filled with obstructive thoughts. Origin of nightmare, materialism
vicissitudes, respond to terror and hope and eat…Deep Specter!”

Kaguya-senpai summoned a Deep Specter.

The shadow under Kazuki’s feet shined with the violet color of
magic power and turned three dimensional like it was swelling up. It was
a shadow monster possessing a big mouth like a shark, it opened its big
mouth and came to bite Kazuki.

However the shadow monster was so to speak a lump of magic power. Kazuki was able to Foresight its movement.

Slipping through the attack of the shadow monster, he drew near Kaguya-senpai!

Kaguya-senpai was covered with dark haze. If this haze was faced
with an attack, that attack’s [pain] would be reflected entirely to the
attacker as if that attack reached the flesh body.

Kazuki unhesitatingly drew out his Iai.

‘ZUBAA’ The slash scraped off Kaguya-senpai’s magic power.
[Suicide Black] didn’t have any substantial protection effect. However
to Kazuki who swung his sword down, the illusion of pain was sent back
to him.

Kazuki was hallucinating the pain of his own Iai draw cutting his own belly diagonally up to his chest.

An intense pain of steel blade digging into his internal organ. It felt completely like his inside was scorched.

Kazuki immediately shut out his sense of pain using the Trance
that he learned from Lotte. The sharp pain was dulled like it was
wrapped by a silk floss, decreasing to the degree he could endure.

There is no way I’ll lose to this kind of pain…!

Kazuki paid no concern to the pain and let loose a second slash. A
diagonal slash starting from Kaguya-senpai’s shoulder scraped off her
magic power. Kazuki received even more hallucination of pain but the
pain was abating and he endured. Endure!

“O God of Death’s whispering voice that awaited the visitor for a
long time, resound deeply and widely, dye the dream with agony! Resound
o evil voice of sadism! Ultra Violence!!”

With fast chanting, Kaguya-senpai was singing the magic for doubling the sensation of pain.

This was the devilish combination that Kaguya-senpai and Asmodeus took pride in.

“UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”

Kazuki screamed in a loud voice. Endure it. He was able to stick to his sanity thanks to Lotte.

In the previous fight the tremendous pain was doubled. But this
time what was doubled was only the reduced pain in the degree that he
could endure. Just barely, it was really just barely that he could
endure.

“O desire lurking in the sea of the heart, passing through the
sinful flesh this hand reach out that hand! O avatar of violation,
entangle according to my desire! Desire Tentacle!”

From the shadow under Kazuki’s feet, this time tentacles were
created and reaching out. Capturing the opponent who was in agony then
after sealing his movement she would chant high level magic. That was
Kaguya-senpai’s basic tactic.

But the me right now still can endure the pain! Possessing the
will of steel, Kazuki Foresighted the timing of the tentacles creation,
dodged, and then he cut away the tentacles.

At that moment the Deep Specter came to assault him. While
enduring the intense pain, Kazuki must also deal with the monster of
shadow. This guy’s attack was…physical attack!

“Seusenhofer!”

Kazuki blocked the bite of the monster with heavy armor. Most of
the armor’s part was broken apart with one attack, but Kazuki was mostly
unharmed.

“Barrett!”

The flame bullet dug into the monster, the monster was destroyed with the addition of multiple layers of slashes.

Using that opportunity, Kaguya-senpai was chanting her spell.

Judging from the scale of the magic power―a large-scale offense
magic. A magic of Asmodeus that he had never seen until now. Probably it
was around the border of level 4 or 5. Its attribute was…freezing!

Even if he attacked with sword right now, he wouldn’t make it in time to obstruct the spell chanting of that Kaguya-senpai!

Then he would weather it using defensive magic! …Using defensive magic that had good affinity against freezing attribute!

The space that surrounded Kazuki and Kaguya-senpai was wrapped in
pure white cold wave. If this cold wave touched human skin, the skin
would immediately get torn apart from the cold bite, making red flower
blooming in profusion inside this white space.

As expected it couldn’t protect from Kaguya-senpai’s offense
magic completely, the Freeze Barrier was soon smashed up, but Kazuki
managed to reduce the damage from cold drastically.

“…Even though this wide-scale magic with no place to escape was my only counter-measure against Otouto-kun and Kana-chan.”

Hayashizaki–style was able to Foresight all uncomplicated offense
magic and dodged them. However large-scale offense magic that you
couldn’t evade even if you try was Hayashizaki-style’s natural enemy.

However the current Kazuki was not just a swordsman. He was a magic swordsman.

“Not only sword but also Foresighting magic, then choosing
defensive magic with superior attribute to use. I see, so this is magic
swordsman, Hayashizaki Kazuki’s new possibility…”

Kaguya-senpai whispered admiringly. This was something that could
only exist solely due to the presences of Hayashizaki-style’s Foresight
and King of Solomon 72 Pillar Omni-magicBasilleus Goetia.

“Senpai’s offensive magic was prevented completely!”

Kazuki proclaimed such while slashing with his katana. However
Kazuki too, since the opponent’s body was covered with Suicide Black, he
couldn’t use a powerful offensive magic.

Using katana he could only whittle off Kaguya-senpai’s magic power little by little.

And then Kaguya-senpai kept chanting her spell in defiance of some of the impact of the smashed magic.

“Five stars shining in the interstice of life and death, around
around pillaged by the whim of the god of death, become the clay doll of
unspeakable misery! …Neighboring Death Extreme RingNear-death Roulette!!”

Summoning the human’s five-senses stealing sycthe, Kaguya-senpai
aimed for the timing of simultaneous striking when she swung the sycthe.
Kazuki dodged with paper-thin difference, only his own katana that
manage to hit senpai.

While enduring the hallucination of agony, dodging the sycthe
that he absolutely mustn’t get hit with was an extremely difficult work.
His mental strength was grinded down steadily.

“Deep Specter!”

Even during those exchanges Kaguya-senpai summoned the Deep
Specter again. Not only the scythe, Kazuki must also escape from the
assault of this shadow monster.

“My wicked thought is filled with curses, I beseech for thy agony…. I have no shame of my wicked thought! Feel Pain!”

A bullet of curse flew at Kazuki!

This bullet too, if he couldn’t avoid it then the illusionary pain would be doubled by Ultra Violence!

While enduring the illusionary pain, dodge…dodge…dodge! Everything were dodged with paper-thin gap.

He never fought a Magica Stigma as strong as Kaguya-senpai in a
one-on-one fight like this. Even the attack of the scythe, even the
assault of the monster, if he got hit by even one it would became a
fatal wound.

On top of the thin ice where not even slight mistake was allowed, Kazuki continued to dance.

Even so if he didn’t defeat Kaguya-senpai, there would be no chance of victory in this state of battle!

“It’s useless. Senpai’s attack…all had been sealed.”

What supported Kazuki that continued to dodge using his sharpened concentration was only a single determination.

That was a certain single―faith.

“All had been sealed?”

Setting up her scythe, Kaguya-senpai talked expressionlessly.

“…Even though I have Guernica?”

Asmodeus’s level 9 magic, Guernica. If the opponent was not in
the class of materialized Diva then the hated opponent would die
instantly without question, a flame of hell.

The strongest magic that propped up senpai as the strongest. A
magic that represented senpai. Yes, as long as the opponent couldn’t
deal with this magic somehow or other, no matter how much the opponent
elaborated counter-measures against her other magic he wouldn’t be able
to win against Kaguya-senpai. However―

“Senpai’s Guernica won’t work against me though.”

“Why?”

“I like senpai, and senpai also like me. The illusionary pain is
scary. That senses-stealing scythe is also scary. The Deep Specter is
scary too. However from the start I didn’t fear senpai’s flame of hatred
for even a little bit.”

[Compared to the period when you couldn’t believe in Amasaki Mio’s positivity level, you have grown considerably.]

Leme’s telepathy echoed inside his head.

Kazuki remembered that time when Mio was dying inside his arms.
Not believing in the feeling of the other party and because of that he
hurt his very important person, he didn’t want to do that.

“I couldn’t use Guernica against Otouto-kun you said? I am not that sweet you know?”

“Wrong, senpai is a kind person.”

From here on is not a fight between me and Kaguya-senpai.

It is a fight between Naiarlatoteph’s mind manipulation and the strength of the bonds between me and senpai.

“I…must defeat you. There is no other method left to defeat you other then the very best. …I have no hesitation.”

Senpai started to chant a long spell.

“Then I’m going to…accept everything of Kaguya-senpai as you are right now.”

Kazuki sheathed his katana, he awaited Kaguya-senpai’s magic while striking a daunting pose.

The time flowed in an instant and an eternity. He could hear the
sound of fighting of Beatrix and Mio and all the other, but even all of
that gradually moved far away from his consciousness, Kazuki and
Kaguya-senpai was shut inside the silence.

Kazuki’s mind recalled his memories with Kaguya-senpai.
Kaguya-senpai who kindly came to him who was assaulted with feeling of
alienation in the Magic Division. The sweet aroma that tickled his
reasoning when she embraced him. Kaguya-senpai who was embarrassed with
her Magic Dress. Tempting Kazuki due to Asmodeus’s side effect and then
crying in shame from the embarrassment, that kind of senpai.

I…love Kaguya-senpai!

Inside the time when they looked hard at each other, the magic was finally invoked.

“O chest scorching thought, paint the scene of hell in this
world…thy are the demon king of wicked desire, o incarnation of
deep-seated delusion inviting tragedy, following this wish…paint out the
world. Guernica!”

…There was no uneasiness whatsoever! Kazuki awaited with conviction.

At Kaguya-senpai’s side, Asmodues was floating.

“This is baad, Kaguya.”

“…Eh?”

“There is no feeling like that inside you, y’know?”

Leaving behind those words to the dumbfounded Kaguya-senpai, Asmodeus vanished.

And then nothing happened.

Color of surprise mixed out into Kaguya-senpai’s face who was expressionless throughout all of this.

“That kind of…why…”

While whispering, a crack entered that expressionless face.
[Emotion] was invading Kaguya-senpai’s mask. Like she was being released
from the hypnotism.

“Why, I cannot fight like this…?”

Kaguya-senpai murmured like she couldn’t believe it herself.

The shock finally came this late. At this late hour, evidently
senpai had understood this situation that she had left herself behind.

“Why am I…fighting Otouto-kun?”

The flame of hell burned using Kaguya-senpai’s hostility as fuel.
If Kaguya-senpai harbored even a little bit of hostility, then it would
be just like when Kaya’s life was stolen before, where something like
going easy or control couldn’t be done.

But conversely if she couldn’t find any hostility even after
turning her heart upside down at every nook and corner, the flame of
hell wouldn’t come out. Identical with how flame was not going to burn
if there was no oxygen.

It was absurd in the first place, Kazuki thought. The current
Kaguya-senpai who held fabricated sense of duty with her emotion
suppressed by magic, how would she chant something like an offense magic
that was fueled by emotion?

The backlash from doing an absurd thing that ended in failure woke up Kaguya-senpai from her hypnotism to reality.

For Kaguya-senpai to fight despite holding not even a little bit of hostility, that realization opened her eyes.

Color returned to Kaguya-senpai’s pupils.

“Even though I don’t want to do this kind of thing…why…”

The fake sense of duty was peeled off, what was laid bare were intense regret and feeling of guilt.

The original emotion of the kind Kaguya-senpai was overflowing all at once.

“Even though I don’t like that kind of thing …why did I such thing without mercy, there is no reason I can do that…why…Why!?”

In the sadness and confusion, Kaguya-senpai raised a voice that was tinged with shriek.

Sensing that Kaguya-senpai had no will to fight anymore, Kazuki
approached near senpai. Kaguya-senpai twitched in fright and looked hard
at Kazuki.

“O, Otouto-kun…I…did a really cruel thing…”

Senpai’s voice was trembling pitifully.

“Senpai, haven’t I said it too before? I like senpai very much. I
won’t turn to hate senpai just because of something like this so,
please look forward and don’t cry okay?”

Kazuki said so to anticipate Kaguya-senpai from crying, but in the blink of eye tears were pooling in senpai’s eyes.

“Sorry…I’m sorry…!”

“I said it’s okay to not apologize already.”

Kazuki hugged Kaguya-senpai who was bursting into tears.

“I, no more…I don’t want to do something like this anymore-…!”

“Senpai was seeing a bad dream. But it’s okay already. Just like
how senpai protected me who is the kouhai, from now on I will protect
senpai too.”

“But, even though, I am the student council president…”

“Even if senpai is the student council president, it’s okay to not bear the burden just by yourself alone.”

“But, I am the strongest magician after all…”

“Right now, I had already beaten senpai .”

“Is it…okay for me to rely on Otouto-kun…?”

“Because I like senpai very much.”

Those words didn’t lose its glow no matter how many times he said it.

With each single word, Kazuki unraveled the things that were binding Kaguya-senpai’s heart.

Kaguya-senpai hugged Kazuki back. He could feel the dearly missed sweet aroma and the soft sensation.

Kazuki brushed senpai’s head comfortingly.

“…It feels go~od.”

Senpai let out a voice ecstatically.

“I already…want to become Otouto-kun’s little sister…”

Released from the heavy pressure, somehow Kaguya-senpai let out a strange talk.

A large heart mark came flying, the fight between Kazuki and Kaguya-senpai was over.

Damian who saw Kazuki and Kaguya-senpai hugging each other, raised a shriek.

“Wait right theree! When I thought why there was no backing at
all from the rear, it turn out that you bastard is changing to enemy’s
side huuh! What are you bastards doing hugging each otheer! Rather than netokaeruchanging sides, isn’t this netorarestealing lover huuh!?”

Losing the rear guard was something that couldn’t become a joke, the Einherjar were forced into bitter fights.

“Beatrix-taichou…let’s retreat for the moment.”

Eleonora advised Beatrix. Even her expression was pronounced with the fatigue from battle.

“Elii…but I haven’t crossed swords yet with Kazuki. On the
contrary it seems seeing that situation only makes my chest burn with
jealousy.”

“Please stop rushing ahead because of your personal feelings.”

Eleonora flatly scolded Beatrix who was the only one full of energy.

“Although we were given this chance by this sudden contact, the
members that could move were only three people, however this opponent is
not someone we can go against without a plan. Even the student council
president who was supposed to give support is hugging the enemy for some
reason, in the end the way things are going it doesn’t looks good. In
the worst situation it’s possible that this might be a trap from that
Headmaster Otonashi.”

“Mu…? When you said it it’s true that the wind direction is strange.”

Beatrix made a face as if she was biting a bitter bug.

At the other side Kanae and the others were thinking that if the
fight was over already then just get lost already, they were watching
what decision the Einherjar would make. The other two were anyway, but
Beatrix still hasn’t been really serious while Kanae and the others’
nerves were worn down from the intense battle.

“Even at the best of times, our position are delicate.”

This was not their homeland. Pushed by that fact, Beatrix shouted out.

“Yosh, Einherjar is to make a retreat! …Kazuki, the next time we meet we are going to cross[3] swords for sure okay!!”

“Oi, that handsome woman over theree ! Just remember this you bastaard!”

Damina gave Hoshikaze-senpai a middle finger.

“As a magician of Diva that is similarly manipulating sea, I’ll give the silver girl some respect.”

Eleonora too praised Koyuki even while she was colored with exhaustion.

Beatrix lifted up Damian and Eleonora who were like that with
both hands, “HAHAHAHAHA!” and then while laughing loudly without any
meaning, that body with high physical ability dashed in full strength
and retreated.

The Einherjar were gone before they could even say ‘ah’.

“…We won?”

Kazuha-senpai murmured with a tired voice that told the story of the hard battle she had with Eleonora.

However Kazuha-senpai still hadn’t known about the true enemy.

Without even any reprieve to bask themselves in the aftertaste of
victory, Kazuki directed his sight to Headmaster Otonashi―Naiarlatoteph
while still hugging Kaguya-senpai.

“Naiarlatoteph. Your soldiers were weak.”

“What did you say?”

The figure of Headmaster Otonashi twitched his eyebrows.

“The Quad-core Magica who lost their ego didn’t even have any
tactics, once they got attacked they just focused at one direction while
their surroundings had done them in. Even those Einherjar that received
your request didn’t really try to fight really seriously. Even if you
create a strong magician artificially, if they are not tied with strong
ties with each other then they are nothing more than a disorderly mob.
From the very beginning they were not an enemy of our Heaven and Earth
Formation.”

“…The likes of a human got too carried away…is that all that you are going to say to this me?”

There was no meaning to hide his true identity anymore with the
Einherjar gone, muddy black magic power was seething from the figure of
Headmaster Otonashi. There was no wind blowing, and even though there
was not any fluctuation in the atmosphere, like there were many small
shredding happening on the world itself, Kazuki could feel a sensation
of ‘biribiri’ on his skin.

“Tou-san[4]…?”

Kaguya-senpai separated her body from Kazuki, she doubted her own
eyes looking at the transformation in front of her. Senpai still hadn’t
known that her father had been hijacked by a Diva.

“Otonashi Tsukikurou! You bastard…what the hell is going on with this circumstances!”

From the shadow of the demolished school building, the figure of Board Chairman Amasaki appeared in a stagger.

“…Tou-san!?”

Mio cried out looking at the figure of the person who shouldn’t be in this battlefield.

Even Naiarlatoteph that assumed the appearance of Headmaster
Otonashi stared at the entrance of that personage with surprised looks.

He had peeped at the situation all along, he probably made his appearance because he thought that the fight had been over.

Was Board Chairman Amasaki Mio’s step-father…! Kazuki was surprised against that fact in this late hour.

“The Summoning Magic those suspicious illegal magicians used were Solomon 72 Pillar’s! What is the meaning of this!?”

“Hohou, so you noticed that.”

“That’s…they were humans who had stigma transplanting operation
performed on them, am I right? You bastard, I thought that you had
established the stigmata transplanting operation without anyone
noticing, but…don’t tell me that you performed human experiment using
stigmata that you took out from students…for a teacher who was supposed
to protect the students…”

Board Chairman Amasaki yelled as if he couldn’t believe his own
deduction with a look that looked like the truth was gnawing at his own
sanity. The wrinkles-covered face of the old man was warped to its
limit.

“…I never thought that you could finally reach the truth by your own power. What a great achievement, old man.”

With a whizzing sound, something was flying from the cuff of Headmaster Otonashi’s suits.

No, that was not something flying. It was something that stretched.

Headmaster Otonashi’s right arm became a long tentacle, it pierced the chest of Board Chairman Amasaki.

“Gah!?”

Board Chairman Amasaki’s eyes opened wide without understanding what just happened, then he fell down.

‘shuru’, the tentacle was pulled back to the cuff of the suits.

“Tou-san!”

Mio was dashing hurriedly to the collapsed Board Chairman.

“…O pure fire of reincarnation, burn the surface of the life while the inside bud in rebirth…Fire of Life CircleAnti-Aging!”

Mio held her hands out to the wound opening, from there a small
flame burn into existence, the wound opening that was touched by the
flame was closed up little by little and the bleeding was stopped.

“…Is that Phoenix’s healing magic? Well, no matter, rather than
that old man, first I’m going to slaughter all of you in this place.”

The body of Headmaster Otonashi began to warp due to an enormous magic power.

Kazuki was dumbfounded from the sudden happening, however he immediately recovered himself in rage.

“Everyone…! This is the last, we are going to defeat this guy!”

“Don’t get carried away for the like of you humans…I’m going to teach you the true madness!”

Naiarlatoteph exposed his true form…!

The wriggling flesh swelled out, the suits burst open.

What burst out from that suit were countless tentacles. The flat
black head was located at the top, looking completely like an octopus
with the tentacles that grew all over, the evil god with an atypical
appearance revealed himself in front of Kazuki and the others.

However that figure was not as overwhelming in magic power and sense of intimidation compared to when Loki materialized.

“Kazuki…at the Cthulhu Mythos that I know about, the being that is called evil god is not an existence like that.”

Koyuki who got close to Kazuki’s side said so.

“The evil god of Cthulhu Mythos symbolized the horror of the vast
universe, an existence that transcended people’s awareness. It is said
that there is no way for people to not go crazy the moment they see it.
Compared with that, this Naiarlatoteph is [shoddy]. He couldn’t embody
the true essence of Cthulhu.”

“That guy said before that Cthulhu Mythos was weakened.”

Nothing was understood about what kind of existence Diva was in this world, however….

Cthulhu Mythos was special.

“Yes. That’s surely why he only use the power to manipulate
human’s mind and secret maneuver. Undoubtedly he is not an opponent that
deserved to be feared when opposed directly from the front like this.
If it’s us, then we are going to win without doubt!”

Koyuki asserted in a strong will that was rare for her.

“…You bastards, the likes of humans such as you all are still planning to mock me even now!?”

Together with the indignant words, Naiarlatoteph’s tentacles were
crawling like worms. Kazuki cut apart the tentacles that were directed
at Koyuki and came stretching. That attack became the opening curtain of
the final decisive battle.

“We are going, everyone!”

While taking the position of Heaven and Earth Formation, the
swordsmen came out to the front and drew their swords, the Magica Stigma
were starting their chanting from the rear.

“All of you bastards cannot use the power of your Divas!”

The black face at the gigantic summit of Naiarlatoteph was yelling, invoking his characteristic magic.

“Madness HeartbeatPsycho Noise!”

A sound that made the scratching of glass’ surface sound lukewarm
resounded in their surrounding, it felt like their brain were scraped
off grindingly.

The magic power that were collected amidst the spell chanting
were dispersed like mist. They couldn’t concentrate at all in chanting.

“Guh…what a Diva that made nuisance to the neighbors! If this is the case then this one is going to make an octopus sashimi!!”

While warping her expression from the unpleasant sound, Kohaku
swung her Sacred Treasure and went to cut the tentacles. However
Naiarlatoteph’s gigantic magic power that was said to be weakened, with
attacks from the likes of a katana, it only received damage to the
degree where the end was not in sight.

“Kazu-nii…hurry, erase this sound!!”

Mio raised a scream, her tears spilled without stopping. Mio
didn’t participate in the battle anymore and she was attending
constantly on Board Chairman Amasaki’s healing. But because of
Naiarlatoteph’s obstruction magic, Mio couldn’t maintain her healing
magic, the mouth of the wound opened again and the bleeding was starting
again relentlessly.

The old man who didn’t have any magic didn’t have much time left.

“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Raising roaring voice that made the earth rumbling, Naiarlatoteph
regenerated the tentacles that were slashed by the swordsmen. And then
the swordsmen were hit hardly by an amount of tentacles that were
impossible to avoid.

“Otouto-kun…if it’s me, I cannot be lead astray by this sound anymore. I don’t want to lose to this guy anymore.”

Approaching Kazuki’s side, Kaguya-senpai talked.

However her face that seemed to look like she was seeing awfully
ephemeral dream when he saw it from the side made Kazuki hesitated to
rely on senpai.

“Senpai…but that enemy is…”

“It’s okay. …I understand properly that that thing is not
Otou-san anymore. I’m not fighting because some sense of duty like
[Unless I beat that guy], I’m fighting [because that guy cannot be
forgiven].”

With eyes that were filled to the brim with sorrow, senpai glared up to the black face of Naiarlatoteph.

“Otou-san…I, like the name Kaguya that you gave me very much. Like the whole starry sky and aurora[5],
Otou-san named me like this because of your wish for me to become a
lovely girl, isn’t that right? You are not a kind father at all,
but…since when you had change completely like this?”

In the middle of the evil sound’s ringing, Kaguya-senpai chanted her spell alone disappointingly.

The avatar of Asmodeus was floating at her side. The witch in black clothes faced Kaguya with eyes full of affection.

“…Isn’t this the first time you fight with just your own honest
feeling ehh, my cute Kaguya. Then I guess I’ll give you a reward.”

“Asmodeus?”

“Having able to use my ten characteristic magic skillfully, this
is a magic that’s beyond all of those. You often give complaints such as
that all my magic is a little difficult to use as attack magic, or
something like it left a bad impression among other things, aren’t you? I
will give you something better after this, you will see. By combining
my magic power and your form, we will invoke a Union Magic. Your only
own Original One that even the King-sama cannot copy. With your thought,
give shape to the illusion and crash it into that guy. Come, sing it.”

The light of the magic power that surrounded Kaguya-senpai
changed from violet color to a noble silver color that resemble the
light of the stars.

“I won’t let you!”

The scattered evil sounds that enveloped the surrounding
completely were given directionality by Naiarlatoteph’s will and
converged on Kaguya-senpai. However Kaguya-senpai was completely
unperturbed against the evil sounds that had been compressed several
times over, her face that looked ephemeral when he saw it from the side
now looked firm with strong core inside―.

That spell was finished chanting speedily.

“O darkness of mind that contain the eternal cycle of life and
death! O seven stars that shined inside it! Reveal the microcosm of
heaven and earth’s creation show the whereabouts of human!! …Shining NightGalaxy!”

Geometry pattern of light spread out in radial wave around
Kaguya-senpai. The space that was sketched was shifted into alternate
space in reversal.

The vicinity became a pitch black darkness with Kaguya-senpai as the center, countless lights shined in the surrounding.

“Power of universe!?”

Even Naiarlatoteph’s gigantic body was drifting in the dark empty
space. Kaguya-senpai who reigned in the center of the alternate world
shined brilliantly like a sun, everything of that universe’s scene bared
their fangs toward Naiarlatoteph.

“Im, impossible…this is the power that is supposed to be ours…!”

Sun’s wind―wind of corona gas that surpassed one million degree rained down on Naiarlatoteph and burned him down thoroughly.

Cosmic ray―the high energy radiation that was usually absorbed by
the atmosphere rained down directly on Naiarlatoteph and burned him to
nothing.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! THE STAR! THE STAR!”

In accordance with Kaguya-senpai’s will, countless meteors rained
down on Naiarlatoteph. Irrational destruction pulverized the gigantic
body, its dust was scattered in the darkness of space.

Once again the geometrical pattern radiated out, the space was returning to the original world.

The evil god of Cthulhu had disappeared from there, what was left
behind in that place was Headmaster Otonashi who was collapsing
spread-eagled.

Kaguya-senpai approached Headmaster Otonashi slowly and leaned over, holding up his upper body with her arms.

And then she hung her head down for a while.

“Th, that guy was defeated…with that one attack!?”

The evil sound stopped, Mio who had finished the emergency treatment for the Board Chairman stood up.

“Tou-san…I had thought that this wouldn’t end with his heart safe, but…”

Kaguya-senpai once again lowered down Headmaster Otonashi that
she held up to the ground, then she turned to Kazuki who was standing
up.

“Otouto-kun…if you said that you had gave me your forgiveness, then I won’t say any apology anymore. Otouto-kun…welcome home.”

There were still sad things, but with relieved expression that
looked like she had put down her heavy burden, Kaguya-senpai came and
embraced Kazuki.

“Senpai really so soon like this…”

Kazuki became overwhelmed from Kaguya-senpai’s skinship.

“Kazuki-! We did it!”

And then naturally Mio, from there Lotte and Kanae too came and clung to Kazuki jostling him around.

After happiness welled up inside Koyuki, immediately it cooled down and she felt uneasiness creeping up in her heart.

Looking at Kazuki who was getting intimate with various girls,
added with that sight Koyuki was not able to keep her courage. And then
uneasiness came creeping inside her.

It was just the two of them in that underground for a long time.

However when we came up to the surface, did he already stop paying attention to me, that was the feeling that she had.

It was inevitable for Koyuki to think that she was an existence that had no value when compared to the other girls even now.

However she herself had conveyed to Kazuki that she loved him.
She had already laid bare the weak part of her heart. Because of that,
even now she felt unsure like her weak heart was smashed apart.

Koyuki felt a strong self-disgust toward herself that was separated by a step from the place of blessing.

{―So you denied your own self.}

There was a voice.

Suddenly black color was spreading inside her heart. Even though
she didn’t imagine anything, but inside that darkness, three burning
eyeballs opened glaringly by their own accord and pierced Koyuki with a
sharp look.

―From the scream that Koyuki raised, Kazuki and the others turned
to look at the girl that was in the place a step apart from them.

Something…they felt a vast magic power exploding inside the girl.

The girl’s body distorted flabbily―that form stabilized into different shape.

Koyuki was changing in appearance. The silver hair changed into
pitch-black hair, the skin color was changing into dark brown skin that
was near black.

Black Koyuki―no, it’s different.

“Beforehand…I flung a part of magic power through the Astrum
toward [the human with the weakest heart]. I am the faceless god…having
the same face no matter to what extent I was split up….When I was about
to be exterminated, a part of me, a seed, was planted inside this young
girl…!”

“You are…Naiarlatoteph!”

“I lost the majority of my original magic power, but…With this
elf’s flesh and magic power I’ll show you the real power of Cthulhu!
Even the power of Solomon 72 Pillar, I will use them as a parasite for
sure!!”

The black Koyuki produced magic power with chanting speed that was different from human.

He was trying to invoke Vepar’s greatest magic. Caught in an
instant of hesitation from how the flesh body of Koyuki was stolen, the
whole member in this place might receive fatal damage.

Even Kazuki at this time couldn’t think of a method to deal with this development immediately.

However in this place there was only one person, one human that was not agitated by the situation at all and kept their calm.

“…I become the miko of sword. Rock cleaved, root cleaved, sin cut
apart, that virtuous sword of crushing evil is right now in this hand!
Draw sword, Futsu no Mitama!!”

Kazuha-senpai who was not particularly attached emotionally to
Koyuki created the tangible god of sword as Sacred Treasure while
keeping her complete calm.

“Hayashizaki, you use this guy!”

The spirit sword that she summoned herself , she threw it toward Kazuki.

“If it’s while the flesh and the spirit haven’t become familiar yet, you can sever it!”

The moment he grasped the sword, Kazuki closed the distance
according to his swordsman’s instinct and swung the sword down to the
black Koyuki. Streak of light ran. Just on the verge when the trigger of
Vepar’s greatest magic was almost pulled, the spirit body that
possessed Koyuki’s flesh body was severed from her and blown away.

Koyuki’s flesh body returned to the usual pure white girl and she fell down.

Even while getting blown away, the form of black Koyuki remained.

Kazuki immediately held up the dead tired white Koyuki.

“To be chased out from the flesh body…what is that sword!? I see,
the preserved stigmata confirmation system, the stigmata other than
Solomon 72 Pillar…! This time as well, how far is this miscalculation
going to reach!!?”

Black Koyuki―Naiarlatoteph was still retaining his substantial body.

On the other hand there was no presence of magic power at all from the body of Koyuki.

All of Koyuki’s magic power was carried away by Naiarlatoteph, he
used that magic power to maintain the substantial body in the mimicry
of Koyuki. However the stolen magic power was consumed just for him to
exist, that body was in the process of breaking down little by little.

“Before I vanish…King of Solomon! As long as I kill you, the slaughter will…!”

With the face that was warped in bloodcurling hatred that Koyuki
would absolutely never make, the breaking down black Koyuki spun a
spell. Kaguya-senpai cut in front of Kazuki who held Koyuki in his arms.

“Watch out! Otouto-kun!!”

“Under the freezing evil emptiness, O time, stop…freeze the fate
of all that dwell in material world, break that foundation with freezing
hammer! Ice Flower DecayDiamond Dust – Absolute Zero!”

The mermaid Diva Vepar’s ultimate magic was invoked.

From the palm that black Koyuki thrust out, minus 273 °C wind and block of ices flew at Kaguya-senpai.

Receiving the absolute zero with that body, the Prima Material
that made up Kaguya-senpai’s body were suspended without limit, losing
its elasticity, and then she was fired with many piles of pebble
bullets. All material that received impact under super low temperature
will become broken down in small pieces easily.

Huge blue defensive magic power was smashed up. Against the
composite attack of the cold of absolute zero and absolute
destruction…Kaguya-senpai stuck it out till the end with all the
defensive magic power that she had.

“Suicide Black!”

“What!?”

And then she reflected that pain back.

Black Koyuki was having a flesh body being the case, she writhed in agony under that pain.

“…Ultra Violence!!”

That pain was further doubled, Kaguya-senpai was staggering and collapsed from magic intoxication.

“Kaguya-senpai!”

“…Otouto-kun, please take care of Koyuki-chan. Because with only me, I couldn’t save Koyuki-chan from loneliness…”

Kazuki turned back to Koyuki who he held in his arms. The girl’s
consciousness was returning, she was looking at the collapsing
Kaguya-senpai with scared-looking eyes. And then she looked at the black
Koyuki that came out from inside herself.

Kazuki had a feeling that he understood why during that great joy
of victory Naiarlatoteph could take advantage of Koyuki’s heart.

“Kazuki, forgive me, I….I…!”

The face of the girl who hated it so much to cause trouble to other people was dyed in despair of self-hatred.

“You don’t need to apologize. I just…want to give Koyuki a peace of mind.”

Kazuki embraced Koyuki with all his strength, then he joined together that lips with his own lips.

With the intention of conveying the warmth, with the intention to create a definite bond, he kissed her.

Kazuki’s heart and Koyuki’s heart were tied strongly.

“K, kiss…? To something like me…”

When their lips separated, the face of Koyuki who was always
pretending to be expressionless obstinately turned red in bewitchment.
Kazuki thought that cuteness of her was lovely. Not only the mutual
certainty between their heart, Kazuki also felt a strong magic circuit
was forming between them.

“Everything is okay already.”

After lightly stroking Koyuki’s head, Kazuki stood up and faced the black Koyuki.

He was going to destroy this enemy and erased Koyuki’s guilt!

“You bastards…how dare you, to inflict human pain to this me…!”

Naiarlatoteph that was poured with unimaginable agony from [the
pain when the whole body was breaking down inside the absolute zero]
that was [doubled] recovered his battle stance with bloodshot eyes.

And then he began to chant his spell.

Kazuki too had already started his spell. In his side the mermaid Vepar was summoned substantially.

“The other side too is using precisely the same magic that was
copied from me. However from the beginning that’s just a fake. No, that
man’s everything is a fake power. You understand that right, O King?”

I know. Thereupon this time for sure I’m going to exterminate that Diva with certainty.

The two people in confrontation invoked their magic at the same time.

“”Diamond Dust – Absolute Zero!””

The fierce blowing wind and ice rocks rivaled each other.

“UOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

“W, what…I’m being pushed back!?”

The violent stream of cold and ice was gradually being pushed
toward Naiarlatoteph, that black flesh body took hard hits severely.
Gigantic defensive magic power was smashed apart. However even so the
evil god still hasn’t been exterminated.

Kazuki drove the Futsu no Mitama in his hand.

Inside a moment where everything seems to be stopped, Kazuki raised the sword overhead.

While his flesh body was gradually breaking down, Naiarlatoteph raised a scream of hatred.

“Impossible…this kind of stupid happening! Who do you think I am?[6] I am…the mighty Faceless God!!”

This guy is an evil god that made prey of other people’s ego to amass his power!

“There is no way I’m going to lose by a power that was earned
from denying other people! My power is my bonds! If you are the Faceless
God, then…I’m going to become the King of Bonds!!”

Naiarlatoteph's remaining dregs, not to mention in this world,
there was not even a fragment that remained in the Astrum. Kazuki
pierced the Futsu no Mitama to the flesh body of the black Koyuki that
was in the process of crumbling down in tatter.

Light was flashing brightly from the slashed flesh—the evil god was exterminated without any trace left.

Board Chairman Amasaki who avoid the loss of his life watched every part that happened from the beginning to the end.

“Come on…Kazuki is not a bad guy right? He is not something like
an illegal magician at all. He is the man that I chose after all!”

Beside the Board Chairman, Mio puffed her chest while bragging about Kazuki that she loved with a bright face.

“Your chosen man you said…then don’t tell me, are you going out with that man?”

“Eh, going out? Su, such thing like going out is…no but the relation about me with Kazu-nii…however…”

Mio’s face was boiling and turned bright red from the sudden
question, she was twisting her body and fidgeting around. From there she
looked like she remembered something, then she held her lips back and
“Ehehehehe” grinned widely.

Board Chairman Amasaki who was still lying down on the ground
looked up at Mio’s state in discomfort, from there he turned his sight
to Kazuki. Kazuki was surrounded by his comrades' blessings.

Board Chairman Amasaki released his stern expression and released a deep breath in deep exhaustion.

“Certainly you seem to have a discerning eye. Tsukikurou and I
too, we had misunderstood since who knows when. Looks like we didn’t see
the things what we ought to see…”